The match was the return of former Go
Round FC head coach, Ngozi Elechi to his old club since he switched to Yobe at
the start of the season.

But it was obvious if Go Round head
coach Willy Udube did not introduce Adelani for Joshua Obem in the 57th minute,
the game could have ended goalless.

It is not every day that one
witnesses such a lame display in the final third by two teams.

It wasn’t till the 32nd minute that
any of the teams made an attempt at goal when Yobe Stars’ Moses Tsehuan scared
the birds at the arena with his free-kick.

Of the six attempts at goal recorded
in the game, three were wayward free-kicks and Adelani had two of the three
attempts from open play.

Before his introduction in the 57th
minute, the hosts had failed to record a shot at goal.

But a minute after he came on, he
carved out a speculative left-footed effort from far. It was so lame and posed
no problems for Yobe Stars keeper Terkaa Melai.

Feeble as the attempt was, it marked
a statement of intent by Go Round. Udube had done the needful from the bench.
From then on, Go Round were more purposeful in attack.

On the other end, Anayo Ogbonna
leading Yobe Stars’ attack gave Go Round defence marshalled by Akaba Oteba
little cause for worry.

The two teams’ attacks so lacked bite
that the keepers were more of sweeper-keepers, a good number of times coming
out of their box to get involved.

What the teams lacked in purposefulness
in attack, they had aplenty in ball-caressing midfielders with former Go Round
playmaker Uche Okeke pulling the strings in the middle of the park for Yobe
Stars.

But Adelani’s introduction made the
hosts more dangerous where it mattered most.

A home draw stared them in the face
as they couldn’t find a way past the well-organised Yobe Stars defence.

In the 73rd minute, Melai was forced
into the only save made by any of the keepers.

Right-back Ogunjobi Akinwale’s cross
was met on a half volley by left-back Paul David but Melai parried into corner.
That was more like it for the hosts.

By the time Ogbonna was sent off in
the 85th minute, the hosts piled more pressure and with almost the last kick of
the game, Adelani blasted home the match winner.